Strictly Street

Why? I thought this movie was good and I'm bored at work.

You have the net at work, sigh...

Not I. Kills me as we are in the same building.

Empty the system and then with a big syringe, bleed it backwards, from the caliper. By doing this you use physics and push the air up and out.

Srsly?

try a vacuum bleeder yet?

Don't have one so, nope.

I've got a 10mm wrench, 3ft of clear tubing and half a can of brake fluid.

It's 160 miles to Chicago, I'm wearing sunglasses, and it's night.

Hey...isn't there still something out there, like mail order brides...or russianwife.com....websites running? You could look into that. Just a thought.

:lol:

You mean like this...

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Not that, um, I do that kind of stuff anymore. I just ride to and from church...

Is well known that you also ride to choir practice and bible studies.

I changed the pads on my front brake. The old ones were almost gone so its a good thing I changed them. They have always felt a little mushy but I promised myself that when I changed the pads I would bleed them down as well.

When I did I noticed that the brake fluid was yellowish. So I thought I would just gravity bleed all the old fluid out and start with fresh fluid. So I did. I hooked a clear hose up to the bleeder and held it up as high as the triple trees so even if it sucked something back in, it would be bubble free fluid.

I would have thought that there wouldn't be an issue with doing this. Done it to cars many many times, no troubles.

But the bike didn't like this at all. The lever feels even mushier than before the new pads. I've tried pumping them up and cracking the bleeder valve to firm them up, no luck. I've tapped on all the lines to get some pesky bubbles out of them, still no love.

I even bled the master cylinder, then the lines, and still no luck. Then the other way, lines then master. I tried to gravity bled them all over again, running half a can of brake fluid through the system. I don't have any bubbles anywhere I can see, yet, I still have mush!

By mush I mean I can pull the lever all the way back to the bars. I think it is supposed to stop before it gets to the bars. Being too hard to pull all the way in.

Anybody got any tips?

ehhh, I'll stick with the old tube tires for an old bike...

Amazon.com: DUNLOP K70 3.25X19 TUBE TYPE FRONT TIRE #420223 420223: Automotive

These are tubeless from the factory original equipment with the mag wheels,(stock) and metal valve stems built into the wheels. So no tubes for this bike. Stock parts are easier to find.

If they make such a size a 90/90 would be a bit skinnier so in theory may turn in a tad quicker. havent really looked at tires in those sizes but the 110/90 "sounds" more common so any quickness you may pick up going skinnier may be overshadowed by more choices in a more common size, offering a better quality tire? Radials perhaps?

I talked to my wallet and we ruled out radials. I would need two, one front and one back. Still have lots of meat on the back. Front still has some tread but it isn't round anymore.

Over 70-80mph the front end bunny hops down the road. Very annoying! Not very safe either. Maybe a belt broke inside the tire or perhaps its just age. I have no idea how old the tire is but no matter. A new one is needed.

A touch quicker on the turns would be ok with me. Nothing drastic, just a little bit would be fine.

Hmm, the speedo would be off a bit though, maybe...

By now you've probably seen the NY Times's long piece on distracted driving — about how most drivers and most legislators willfully ignore the evidence of the dangers of talking on a cellphone, texting, and other electronic distractions while behind the wheel. According to this article, cellphone use while driving causes over 1,000 fatalities a year in the US. Another shoe has now dropped: it seems that the US National Highway Safety Administration blocked a proposed definitive study of the risks. The NHSA now cites concerns about angering Congress. Two consumer safety groups had filed a FOIA request for documents about the aborted study, and the Times has now made the documents public — including the research behind the request for a study of 10,000 drivers.

http://documents.nytimes.com/documents-from-the-u-s-department-of-transportation-s-national-highway-traffic-safety-administration#p=1

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Good for you!

Hope you get into the class!

Lots of older bikes out there with a lot of life left in them.

Prices are really good right now.

Might have to work that night, might not.

If not, see you there unless I have to swim.

Might have to bow out on this one.

Changed the front brake pads and am having a trouble bleeding the brakes down.

My first problem is I don't want to do it in the rain. -rain sux

The second is it doesn't want to bleed down.

rain sux

Love to go but it's just to far away from me.

Anybody have an interest in this near C-bus?

Greetings from Nibidia,

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Just send me the rest, in cash, please also include a outline of your front door key and a list of times you wont be home.

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The book calls for a 3.25x19 4 pr on the front.

This crosses to, in the new notation, somewhere between 90/90 to 110/90.

Right now it has a 100/90 on it.

What effect on the handling/turning abilities would going to a 90/90 have?

I know coming but I will be there by 9:30pm

Originally Posted by Strictly Street

Hooters Hilliard = beer, boobies, bikes. :grin:

I'll save some beer for you

but I'm keeping the boobies!

Hooters Hilliard = beer, boobies, bikes.

(landmarks, yea I rode by it twice the first time)

It's back behind Key Bank, near Advance Auto Parts.

It hides, look for tall flags orange/white

I will be standing next to the people wearing OR shirts

Me too!

Greetings

Looks like the rain missed us!

7PM at the Circuit City.

noice!

+2

But back to the map thingie...

It does sound like a good idea.

What about a map of C-bus that everyone could print out and draw their own favorite rides on.

We could copy and trade them at bike nights. Get some street cred for the coolest ride!

All that would be needed is a map, a printer and a magic marker.

Just sayin'

You guys need a room... i thought you had one booked for this evening so you could get that shit out of your systems!!! Are you going to be able to keep your rods under control on this trip?

Thats tellin' em!

There is this one goofball that loves riding fast as hell with a fake baby on the back of his bike. He goes past cops all of the time and they leave him alone.

You have got to be kidding!